CONSTITUTION. 
NAME AND LOCATION. 
Section 1. This association shall be called “ The Wisconsin Academy 
of Sciences, Arts and Letters,” and shall be located at the city of 
Madison. 
GENERAL OBJECTS. 
Section 2. The general object of the Academy shall be to encourage 
investigations and disseminate correct views in the various departments 
of Science, Literature and the Arts. 
DEPARTMENTS. 
Section 3. The Academy shall comprise separate Departments, not 
less than three in number, of which those first organized shall be: 
1st. The Department of Speculative Philosophy — 
Embracing: 
Metaphysics; 
Ethics. 
2d. The Department of the Social and Political Sciences — 
Embracing: 
Jurisprudence; 
Political Science; 
Education; 
Public Health; 
Social Economy. 
2d. The Department of the Natural Sciences — 
Embracing: 
The Mathematical and Physical Sciences; 
Natural History; 
The Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. 
4th. The Department of the Arts — 
Embracing: 
The Practical Arts; 
The Fine Arts. 
